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THE SKELETON OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY 



Neck of the femur 



Collum femoris 



Great trochanter 

 Trochanter major ' 



\ 



Head of 

 the femur 

 ,. Caput 

 femoris 

 Fossa of the 

 interarticular 



ligament 

 Fovea capitis 



Anterior inter- 



trochanteric line' 



Linea inter- 



trochanterica 



Small trochanter 

 Trochanter minor 



Shaft or body of the 



femur (anterior surface) 



Corpus femoris 



(facies anterior) 



Head of 

 the femur 

 Caput 

 femoris 

 Fossa of the 

 interarticular 



ligament 

 Fovea capitis 



Small trochanter 

 Trochanter minor 



Inner lip of the 



linea aspera 



Labium mediale 



linese asperse 



External tuberosity 



(or epicondyle) 

 Epicondylus lateralis 



Patellar surface 

 Facies patellaris-- 

 External condyle .. 

 Condylus lateralis 



Internal tuberosity 

 (or epicondyle) 



Epicondylus medialis 



Internal condyle 

 Condylus medialis 



Neck of the femur 



- Collum femoris 



Great trochanter 

 Trochanter major 

 Digital or trochan- 



teric fossa 

 Fossa trochanterica 



Posterior inter- 



trochanteric ridge 



or line 



Crista intertrochanterica 



Gluteal ridge 



Tuberositas glutaea 



Fectineal line 

 Linea pectinea 



Nutrient foramen 



Foramen nutricium 



Internal surface 



Facies medialis 



External surface 



Facies lateralis 

 . Linea aspera 



Linea aspera 

 Outer lip of the linea aspera 



Labium laterale 



Nutrient foramen 

 Foramen nutricium 



Popliteal surface 

 Planum popliteum 



Intercondylar line 

 Linea intercondyloidea 

 Intercondylar fossa 



I <>^;t intercondyloidea 



External condyle 



Condylus lateralis 



FIG. 319. THE RIGHT FEMUR, 

 ANTERIOR ASPECT. 



FIG. 320. THE RIGHT FEMUR, 

 POSTERIOR ASPECT, 



Femur The femur, or thigh-bone. 



